Receptacle-closure.



'J. v. HULL. RECEPTAGLE GLO$URE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 25, 1912.

1 13%,@& Patented Mar. 30, 1915.

w/TrvEssEs 1/5/ 110 7 WM ATTORNEYJ- To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, JOSEPH -V. HULL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, anda resident of the city of New York, county of Kings,

5 borough of Brooklyn, Stateof New York,

have invented certain new -and useful -Imp fOvements' in- ReceptacleClosures, Case 1%) of which the following is arspecificawith a capadapted to be locked in place on the jar or receptacle which cap is verymuch a.

- more economical than those heretofore in use on jars of thischaracter.By my invention I also provide'atongue whereby the cap may be.readilyiremoved from the receptacle without'the use of any implement.

Figure 1 shows my cap in place on a glass tumbler; F ig z"? 'sho'w s *a,cr'oss-section-of the same; and vFig. 3 is an-enlarged illustrasealed. wp I ,In the drawings in which like letters refer ,to like parts Arepresents-a glasstumbler or receptacle in which, as shown',- thereceptacle 'is of a tapering form that is'its outer surface graduallyincreases in diameter until the top-of the receptacle is ameter than thebase, provided at its top with any shoulder except such as is formed .bythe gradual increase in diameter of the receptacle. i

is a cap which is made to conform to the form of the top of thereceptacle, and

is corrugated so as toform grooves or beads 40 G which. extend entirelyaround the cap near its edge. The cap B a downwardly extending flange C,and depending from the downwardly extending flange C is a skirt D, a tr'-ter, Icgonnected with the flange C by a bead is a tongue extending fromthe lower edge of the beading surface E and not connected with the skirtD except through the I medium of the heading E.

RECEPTACLE-CLOSURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

e pt e, on, then the receptacle the receptacle. By my. invention I amenabled to provide such. jars the top. of the ontop of the cap tend'totothe metal to assistin'holding the capQin .place, while at the sametime the under side tion-of a portion of my. cap before the jar is.

1 tends to distort cess to the receptacle.

of greater di and the tumbler is notis provided with p e larger indiamev is a gasket which maybe of paper or ,other suitablematerial. 1 J

Patented Mar. 30, 1915.. Application filed .Tu1y 25, 1912. Serial No.711,426.

In sealing a'recep taclewith my improved I cap the cap," which ispreferably "made just I trifle smaller than the top. of the-reasshowninFig. 3, is placed there,-

uck which side of a 0 tends to exert pressure upon theskirt -D in, ahorizontal direction thereby causing. the beading E to exert "apressure. ,pon the flange C'atits lower pointinward towardthe"receptacle which causes the metal of the, flange Otto roll in- Zwarduntil 'it engages with the' -re ceptacle maln'nga locking'seal around aportion of the receptacle receptacle.

give'a resiliency of thecorrugations of the cap engage with the'washerto compress same against the top of thereceptacleu When it is desired toremove the cap the by an outward the leap WhatI claimis: v A cap for"sealing tapered glass containers and the like comprising abody'equipp'ed with wardly, a skirt extending outwardly and is forcedupward inpull on the tongue F which and enable easy ac- 65 which is ofless diameter than r The corrugations same may be done '1 75.

'80 a downwardly extending flange tapered inhaving a greaterdiameterthan the flange,

an annular beading between the flange and the skirt a gasket adapted toform a top seal with the container, the said annular beading beingadapted to lock the cap to the container upon the reduction in diameterof theskirt, and a tongue separate from the skirt and connectededirectlywith the beading, and adapted to'loosen the latter to remove the cap. I

r In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification," inthe presence of.

two subscribing witnesses X osnrHv'H LL.

Witnesses: i

EDWIN SEGER, GEO. W. MILLS, Jr.

